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Regarding Measures 57 and 61 ? I think the question needs to be address as to who are the sponsoring entities behind each of these measures:

To my understanding, measure 61 is presented by our elected representatives in Salem ? and is presented to voters after long and careful consideration as to the implications of the measure if voted into law.

On the other hand, I don?t know who wrote Measure 61, except that Kevin Mannix is promoting it ? Kevin Mannix, a gubernatorial candidate who lost the election, but it appears now wants to push his agenda by ballot measure. Also, according to an article in the Oregonian, there is a wealthy sponsor for this and some other ballot measures who is not a resident of Oregon, but has poured tremendous sums of money into getting this and other ballot measures passed. And the advertising for this measure has used scare tactics to scare people into thinking that passage of measure 57 will put them at terrible risk. Measure 61 smells of a personal agenda pushed upon the people of Oregon by unscrupulous methods.

posted 4 years, 7 months ago
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